The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Richard Wesley

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Richard Wesley

03/30/2017; 05/05/2017

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2017.080

Playwright and screenwriter Richard Wesley (1945 - ) was an award-winning writer for stage and screen and served as an associate professor and department chair at New York University. Wesley was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 03/30/2017 and 05/05/2017, in New York, New York. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 2; Total Tapes: 13; Total Run Time: 06h 19m 52s

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Wesley, Richard, 1945-

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Playwright and screenwriter Richard Wesley was born on July 11, 1945 in Newark, New Jersey to George Wesley and Gertrude Wesley. He graduated from East Side High School in 1963 and went on to attend Howard University. He earned his B.F.A. degree in playwriting, dramatic literature, and theatre arts in 1967.After graduation, Wesley moved to New York City. His connection to actors Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, whom he had met at Howard University, led him to the New Lafayette Theatre in Harlem. In 197...